Self-spreading hog-gambrel.



' N0-..827,.196. PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

. 0. N. WALKER. v SELF SPRBADING HOG GAMBREL.

urmouion FILED M41119, i905.

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To all whom it may concerm UNITE STATES PATENT; O FICE,

OURTISN RMAN WALKER, OF ALBIA', IOWA. A ISELF-FSPREADING HOG-PGANIBREL,

No; 827,196., v Specification of Letters Patent Patented J'ul-y s1,1eoe.A eaten filedlarch 29,1905. smnmzsmeo.

v At 0 is indicated a, pair ofsprea'ding-bars 4o Be it known that I,CUKTIS,NO RMAN Watwhich extend at one end between the bars A KER, acitizen of the UnitedStatesgesiding and ,are pivotallyconnected-thereto. At B atAlbia, in the countv of Monroe and State isindicateda' pair of bars havinghooks E at of Iowa,-have.i'n'vented anewand useful Self one end. The hook ends of the bars B are SpreadingHog-Gambrel, of which the follow: pivotally connected to the outer endsof the 5 in is a specification. a -s readingbars C, and the oppositeends of hisinvent'ion is a gambrel, and has for its t e bars areconnected bya pin D, which is object to provide a device of this kindhaving slidably mounted inthe-grooves in thebars' A.

hooks WlllGh may be brought close to ether In the operation of thegambr'el the bars to facilitate their attachment to the set or and C arebron htjclose together, as'shownin 5o tendons of the hog or other animaland Fig. 2, inwlnc position t e hooks E can be which will automatically;spread the hind readily 'attached to the feet of the animal legs of theanimal for convenience in butcher- The weight of the animal spreadsthe-hooks, ing or dressing the'same. whereby the legs are distended forconven- A further object is' -to provide a gambrel ienc-e in butcheringor dressing The fall of 5- 5 which will support one part of the animalthe'bars B and C is but a short rdistance, so

4 after it has been cut in two and one of the that the animal can behung close to the floor parts has been removed, the fallof the rewithineasy' reach fthe operator. maining part being but a. short d1stance,"s0-I c1a'imthat the animal can be hung sufliciently-low A gambrelcomprising a pair of connected 60 or close to the floor in the firstinstance in orgrooved bars, a pair of spreading bars each der to be'thin easy reach of the Ciperator.. ivoted at one end toone end of thegrooved In theaccompanying drawings, 1%16 1 1s ars, ag i fhook'-bars,eachhaving a hook a an elevation of the gambrel in use. 1g. 2is one en a pivot uided in the grooves and.

, a perspective view showing the position of connecting the otfier endsof the hook-bars, 6

3 is a sectional the parts when the gambrel is empty, and ivotsconnecting the hook end of each hooketail on the line 33 of I ar tooneend of each s reading bar, and Fig. 1. means to suspend the gem rel.eferrmg'specificall'y to the-drawings, A. In testimony whereof I havesubscribed denotes a supporting-frame which comprises. my name to thisspecification in the presence 7o a pa r of grooved spaced bars providedat one of two subscribing witnesses.

end with a suspension-ring F, which'is made heart-she. ed, as shown. Byreason of this CURTIS NORMAN shape a ouble suspension is provided, thuspermitting the 'gambrel and its load to be Witnesses:

transferred from the hoisting-hook to the J. B. PRICE,

track-hook without interference of said I. H. TOMLINSON. hook I

